Microsoft reshuffles company structure

Microsoft is reshuffling its business in a move that it says will allow it to innovate faster and focus on devices and services.

The move by the world’s largest software maker comes amid a steady decline in PC demand as people turn to tablets and other mobile devices.

Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer said in a memo to employees Thursday that the changes mean the company is “rallying behind a single strategy” and organizing the company by function.

Microsoft’s new divisions include engineering, marketing and business development.

The company named Julie Larson-Green the head of its devices and studios engineering group, overseeing hardware development and games, music and entertainment. Terry Myerson will lead its operating systems and engineering group, namely Windows.